The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, September 20, 2003

Fortune Info to consider allotment of warrants
FORTUNE Informatics Ltd is set to consider and finalise the mode of allotment of 7,20,000 warrants and their conversion into fully paid-up equity shares of Rs 10 each at a premium of Rs 4 on a preferential basis. The board of directors of the ... More

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

When mobiles turn monster-masters
PLENTIFUL are the stories of mobile phone services making working lives easier for fishermen, carpenters, taxi-drivers and travelling salesmen across the country; but for several corporate executives the ghost of their offices chases them right ... More

TRAI seeks views of cellular, basic players on WLL
THE Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has directed the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and the Association of Basic Telecom Operators (ABTO), both parties to the ongoing debate on cell versus WLL phones, to file their ... More

HARDWARE

New servers from Teradata

SOFTWARE

Polaris dependence on Citigroup declining
POLARIS Software Labs will see Citigroup's share of revenue going down from 63 per cent to 45 per cent, Mr Arun Jain, Chairman and Managing Director, said on Friday. "This will not mean that the value of business from Citigroup will come down, ... More

Bengal seeks investment in infotech industry
INVESTORS in information technology sector now have an offer that they cannot refuse - West Bengal, according to the State's Information Technology Minister, Mr Manabendra Mukherjee. Addressing a press conference here on Friday, he said that ... More

IT TRAINING

IBM launches `KidSmart' learning programme
IBM India on Friday announced the launch of its community relations initiative — IBM KidSmart Early Learning Program — in Bangalore. The `IBM KidSmart' is aimed at introducing technology at the pre-school level. IBM India has ... More

HUMAN RESOURCES

Path to your career in ICICI group
HOW do you convince a 22-year-old that a call centre job is not infra dig, but on the other hand offers the same growth opportunities that other careers do? Companies in the industry are grappling with the issue and coming up with innovative ... More

H-1 B visas in IT sector down 75 pc in 2002
THE number of H-1B visas issued to India in 2002 declined by a staggering 77 per cent to 21,006 from 90,668 in 2001, reflecting the impact of the American economic slowdown on India's software industry. According to statistics released by the ... More

BROADBAND

Optical fibre cable trade bets on CAS, broadband, DTH
THE optical fibre cable industry, driven by relatively lower than projected growth in the last two years, is expecting the implementation of the conditional access system, various broadband applications and direct-to-home business to fuel its ... More

ISPS

Govt issues orders to ISPs — `Block separatist outfit's e-group'
Licence agreement clearly stipulates that the Government could direct ISPs to block specific Web sites if they were found to be obscene or if they threatened national security. But this was, perhaps, the first time that the Government had used its po wers to police the Net. More

E-GOVERNANCE

Convenor of e-Gov awards

EVENTS

`CIO has to help cos move with technology changes'
"I was asked this question even 34 years ago," said Mr R. Seshasayee, Managing Director, Ashok Leyland Ltd. He delivered the keynote address on Friday on "CEOs' expectations of a CIO" at Connect 2003, the conference on information technology ... More

`Long-term pact with vendors vital'
CONTROL your vendors. Make sure you have a long-term relationship with them, Mr Bill Tosh, Vice-President, Technologies and Securities, OfficeTiger, has advised the participants at Connect 2003, the conference on information technology being ... More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

Delphi assessed at Level 3

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